Important Events
1517 Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating The Protestant Reformation
1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), over 200,000 killed
1918 Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
2011 The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
Today’s Historical Events
1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1887 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral work “Capriccio Espagnol” premieres in St Petersburg
1949 “Regina” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances
1957 “Jamaica” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 558 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1888 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
Important Events
- 1517 Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating The Protestant Reformation
- 1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes painting “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
- 1876 Great Backerganj Cyclone of 1876 ravages British India (Modern-day Bangladesh), over 200,000 killed
- 1918 Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
- 2011 The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations
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